?uestlove – the general International Ambassador for The Funk and Good Vibes – spent some time in Cuba recently as part of his online outpost OkayPlayer, doing a bit of digging and exchanging some cultural notes. It seems that some of the Cuban sensibilities appeal to the Hip-Hop ethos, and make an impression on Quest. I hope Los Cubanos are able to retain their own Roots in the new era.

This article should be called “Cubans develop vaccine for lung cancer” and should have been published 4 years ago.

It makes me angry that we’re only hearing about this now because suddenly The West wants a piece of it! Makes you wonder what else goes on in Cuba that we don’t know about.

Forget what you have been told about Cuba and the failure of Socialism – one of the world’s best healthcare systems, free arts and zero illiteracy? Poverty is relative to needs and wants, but of course I have no idea what really goes on in Cuba.